Title: Director, Massachusetts Gerontology Research Unit & Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health & Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Telephone: (617) 726-5571
Biography:
Dr. Blacker is a geriatric psychiatrist and epidemiologist who works on genetics and early recognition strategies for alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Interests:
Genetics, epidemiology, assessment methods, study design, evidence-based medicine
Publications:
Dickerson BC, Sperling RA, Hyman BT, Albert MS, Blacker D. Clinical Prediction of Alzheimer Disease Dementia Across the Spectrum of Mild Cognitive Impairment. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2007; 64: 1443-1450. [PMCID: 2581771].
McQueen MB, Bertram L, Lange C, Becker KD, Albert MS, Tanzi RE, Blacker E. Exploring Candidate Gene Associations with Neuropsychological Performance. Am J Med Genet Part B 2007; 144: 987-991.
More publications may be found at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed [3]